Flour box



Febb -26 ,'1924. 1,485,632

H. E. JANES FLoua Box Filed Jan. 18. 1923 61- 5 H/w. s gb Patented FebZ5, i224.

narran estaras HENRY n. renne, or :erinnert Manoa, NEW Yoan.

FLOUR BOX,

Application led January 18, 1923. Serial No. 613,553.

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, HENRY E. JANns, a citizen of the United States,residing in Pelham Manor, in the county of `Westchester, in the State of`New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in FlourBoxes, of which the following is a speciication, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. Y

This invention relates particularly to boxes for flour such as arecommonly used in kitchen cabinets. Such a box, open at the top for thereception of flour, is usually provided at its lower end with a slidingor gate valve and with a discharge member such as a flour sifter whichis detachable so that the housewife may remove the quantity of fiour inthe sifter and discharge the iiour at some convenient place, the valvebeing closed and remaining with the box, which is supported upon anapertured shelf or otherwise so that the discharge member or sifter canbe used on the box ifso desired or removed. In such a box the valveusually slides in ways formed therefor on the bottom of the box' and inthe use of the box the ways generally become filled with flour,sometimes to such an extent that the valve cannot be operated freely orat all, while the iour which remains in the ways and cannot be removedreadily, often spoils, so that for sanitary reasons such a constructionis not approved. The object of this invention is to provide an improvedconstruction such that not only may the discharge member be removed whendesired, as before, but the valve itself may be removed also when thebox is empty, so as to permit of thorough cleaning, and the liability4to clogging of the ways be removed. In accordance with the invention thevalve is carried by an intermediate part which is itself removable fromthe box and to which the discharge member is detachably connected. Theinvention will be explained more fully hereinafter with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which it is il lustrated and in which- Figure lis a partial view in vertical section of a iour box equipped with thepresent improvement, the detachable sifter being shown in elevation.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure l, the plane of section being atright angles to that of Figure l and the sifter being removed.

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section on the plane indicated by thebroken line 3-3 of Figure 2. v

The iiour box or container a may be of any suitable shape andconstructed of any suitable material. lt is shown in the drawing as ifconstructed of metal and as having a conical lower end a, with a centralapex-turca2 for the discharge ofthe flour, the

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aperture being surrounded by a straight annular flange a3. There is alsosecured to the box, preferably to the conical portion a', a secondannular flange a4 to which may be secured detachably, as by a bayonetjoint a5,

- an intermediate annular member which has at its top an annular portionor flange' to lit upon the annular'flange a4, a central dischargeopening 62, surrounded by an annular flange b3 at the bottom, andasubstantially flat, annular floor bt which is stamped'or otherwiseformed as at b5 so as to provide an open guideway for the sliding orstruction, is detachably engaged with the flange b3 by any suitabledevice, such as a clip d', so that it canpbe removed readily as occasionmay require.

When the parts are assembled, as shown in Figure 1, the valve c may bedrawn out partway so as to permit a quantity of flour to pass fromthe'box a into the discharge member, which may then be operated so as todischarge the sifted flour into a receptacle below it or, the valvehaving been closed, the sifter may be removed from the intermediatemember b and the sifting operation performed elsewhere. When the box ais empty the intermediate member b may be detached and removed,permitting the valve ways to be thoroughly cleaned of fiour. It will beobserved, moreover, that as the valve moves in free sliding contact withthe lower edge of the iange as, the valve is practically cleaned of iourevery time it is withdrawn and very little flour can at any time getinto the valve ways b5. It is therefore possible to keep all parts ofthe our box at all times in sanitary condition and the movement of thevalve is at all times free. At the vsaine time the discharge member canbe used in place or removed as conditions may require, the discharge offlour from the box being controlled as usual by the valve.

Various changes in details of construction and arrangement can be madeto suit diierent conditions of use or the convenience or preference ofthe manufacturer `and the invention, therefore, is not restricted to theparticular construction shown and described except as pointed out in theclaims.

claim as my invention:

vl. The combination of a container having a discharge opening in itsbottom having a lower edge adapted. for contact with the upper face of aflat valve, a valve carrying member detachably secured to the container,having a discharge opening therethrough in line with the dischargeopening of the container and having a flat floorsurrounding and ofgreater area than the discharge opening of the container', said Viiatoor being provided about the discharge opening with upwardly openwaysfor ya Hat valve, and a flat valve movable in said Ways to open andclose the discharge opening having its upper face in contact with thelower edge of the discharge opening of the container.

2. The combination of a container having a discharge opening inits`bottom having a lower edge adapted for contact with the upper faceof a flat valve, a valve carrying member detachably secured to thecontainer, having a discharge opening in line with the discharge openingof the container and having a flat floor surrounding and of greater areathan the discharge opening 0.1":

the container, said flat Hoor being provided member detachably securedto the container, having a discharge opening therethrough in line withthe discharge opening of the lcontainer and having a flat floorsurrounding and of greater area than the discharge opening ofthecontainer, said fiat ioor being provided about the discharge openingwith an upwardly open depression adapted to receive and form ways for aflat sliding-valve, and a fiat sliding valve movable in said Ways toopen and close the discharge opening, having its upper face in contactlwith the lower edge of the flange of the discharge opening of thecontainer, thevalve carrying member beingprovided with an opening forthe sliding valve. Y

This specification signed this 11th day of January, A. D. 19.23.

HENRY VE. JANES.

